1. Welcome to the Year 1 Information Evening

2. Our Year One Team Mrs Goode and Miss Densham Mrs Guy, Mrs Porter and Miss Harrison

3. Things to cover this evening... What are the themes in Year 1? The Year 1 Phonics Screening How can parents/carers help? What is the weekly routine and what do children need to bring into school?

4. The children will be introduced to the new National Curriculum for Year One. Assessment for Learning Sharing learning objectives and success criteria together. Questioning Talking partners/TFW Observing children Recorded work Self evaluation TASC challenges Guided groups Planning for next steps

5. What are the themes in Year 1? Term 1 - Owl Babies (Animals) Term 2 – Celebrations Term 3 – Seasons Term 4 – Market Deeping – Field Trip Term 5 – Rule Britannia Term 6 – Burghley House - School Trip

6. English Writing Children have opportunities for different types of writing daily at school. This term we will focus on; Correct letter formation, starting letters on the line. Talk for Writing. Leaving spaces between words. Writing a full sentence. Moving onto punctuation. becoming very familiar with key stories, fairy stories and traditional tales, retelling them and considering their particular characteristics recognising and joining in with predictable phrases making inferences on the basis of what is being said and done explain clearly their understanding of what is read to them. Maths Children will have opportunities to explore and learn practically using a variety of mathematical apparatus. They will experience a variety of problem solving activities in our outdoor area. Our main focus for this term is

7. Reading: Children have opportunity to explore texts during class sessions, making predictions, retelling events, discussing characters and feelings. Guided group reading and discussion. Individual reading. Blending sounds is a key focus in Phonics.

8. Phonics – Daily sessions using the Letters and Sounds programme. We continue to use the Jolly Phonics songs and actions to support children learning a new sound. We continue to learn the High Frequency Words and Tricky Words (Those words which cannot be sounded out correctly). There is also individual and small group support. Tricky Words

9. Maths Children will have opportunities to continue to explore and learn practically using a variety of mathematical apparatus. They will experience a variety of problem solving activities in our outdoor area.

10. This term will focus on number work Count on and back from a given number Count, read and write numbers. Identify one more and one less than a given number. Addition and subtraction – using objects and pictorial representations. Developing number fact knowledge. Promote independence – encouraging children to choose equipment and strategies to solve a problem. Using mathematical language.

11. The Phonics Screening Check The Year 1 Phonics Screening will take place during the week 13 th – 17th June. It is designed to give teachers and parents information on how your child is progressing in phonics.

12. What will it check? It will check that your child can: Sound out and blend graphemes in order to read simple words. Read phonically decodable one-syllable and two-syllable words, e.g. cat, sand, dentist. Read a selection of nonsense words which are referred to as pseudo words. Children will know these as ‘Alien Words’ e.g. brip, snorb.

13. What can you do to help your child? Reading to your child and listening to your child read every night. Continue to learn high frequency words and tricky words. Use numbers where possible, counting out objects, counting in groups, ordering numbers. Use Maths in everyday situations, ask your child to tell you the time, what will it be in one hours time? Encourage your child to be involved with money when shopping, using the right amount of coins.

14. Useful Information PE – This is on Monday and Games on a Thursday with Mrs Oakley. Children will need trainers and track suit bottoms on this day. Please ensure that hair is tied back and all earrings removed on these days. Swimming will start next term on Tuesday mornings. Forest schools will continue. This is a valuable learning experience for children. This will start next term.

15. Children need to bring their water bottles containing water every day. Please keep big bags to a minimum as we do not have room to store things that do not fit in their lockers. Please ensure your child has their reading book and diary with them every day. Homework will be given out on a Thursday and handed in on the following Wednesday. Children will be given spellings to learn ready to be tested the following Wednesday.

16. We look forward to an exciting term ahead! Thank you for your time.